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Taxonomy
Family:
COMINELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Cominellidae (Family)
> Cominella (Genus)
> olsoni (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cominella (Eucominia) olsoni Dell, 1956 accepted, alternate representation
=Eucominia olsoni Dell, 1956
Images: Cominella olsoni (Dell, 1956)
A large carnivorous Gastropod from deep water off the South Island
Mernoo Bank, Chatham Rise, NZ
Trawled 170-180 metres, Snares Bank, NZ
Taxonomy
Family:
COMINELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Cominellidae (Family)
> Cominella (Genus)
> olsoni (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cominella (Eucominia) olsoni Dell, 1956 accepted, alternate representation
=Eucominia olsoni Dell, 1956
Details: Cominella olsoni (Dell, 1956)
Size/Grows to:
Height 63mm, Width 30mm
Distribution:
South Island. Mernoo Bank, Chatham Rise to Banks Peninsula. Off Puysegur Point, Fiordland
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.195)
  • Dell, R.K. 1956 The archibenthal Mollusca of New Zealand, Dominion Museum Bulletin, 18 (p.95) Original Description

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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